I haven’t seen Conditt play at Iowa State. But based on his high school highlights, I thought his value to a college team would be his ability to switch and recover on defense and rebound out of his area. He looked like a very fluid athlete for a big, but I never saw him turning into a scorer. I have no idea if he has shown those abilities at Iowa State. But his numbers may not tell the whole story.I noticed that too. I actually went down a little Iowa State rabbit hole seeing as how we recruited and lost several players to them. To wit:
JCL- really highly rated out of HS, maybe the highest rated recruit Groce landed? Had a great freshman year for us at 42% from 3, and I think broke Bradford’s record for 3’s by a freshman. But hasn’t come anywhere close to that level of success since.
George Conditt- Started 7 games last year as a sophomore and averaged 7 and 5. Appears to play a limited role as an upperclassman
Zion Griffin- transferred to UIC. Averaging 9 ppg so far.
Both Conditt and Griffin were considered big misses by the staff. Neither has really panned out. We wound up settling for some 2 star kid who was mainly known for dribbling around chairs. Makes you wonder why we follow recruiting at all!